Brush.



, A. L. HOLTZMAN.

BRUSH. APPLIUATION 'FILED Dnc. 12,`1912.

Patented Oct'. 28, 1913.

WITH/8858 cleaning of the bristle lholder andthe support thereof with aview to keep the brush use is made of a handle having an integral whichsimilar c aracters of reference indi- HOLTZMAN,

' ed to engage the said tongue and clamp the narran sT T GFEE.

ABRAHMLINCOLN Honra-MAN, 0F ,EAST ARAINGE, NEW :Jlaslmcl BRUSH.

Application med neeemher 12.11a12- serial no. radeau,

To all 'whom #may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN a citizen of the United. States, anda resident of East Grange, in the county `of Essex and State of NewJersey, have invented a new and Improved Brush, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to brushes such as shown and described in theLetters Patent of the UnitedStates, No. 1,045,552, granted to me onNovember 26, 1912.

The object of the present invention isl toi provide a new and improvedbrush arranged tovpermit the user to conveniently and quickly replace aworn out bristle holder by a new one and to allow thorough at all timesin sanitary condition.

In order'to accomplish the desired result head provided with a recessandwith a rabbet, the said head being also provided at the forward endwith an .integral iange, a bristle-holding plate seated on the saidrabbet and having its forward end seating on the said flange, the rearend of the' said plate terminating in a tongue and a ring held o-n theneck of the said head and adaptsame against the neck.A

Apract-ical embodimentoi' the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings orming a art of this specification, in

cate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a perspective lview of the brush in the form of a toothbrush; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same; Fig. 3 is anenlarged cross section ot the same on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4isa perspective view of the lremovable bristle holder.

In my patent above referred to the bristle holder is inserted into anopen loop from the top thereof, and a separate covering and lockingplate is used to close the top of the loop and lock the bristleholder inplace in the loop. In my present invention the cov-v ering and lockingplate-is entirely dispensed with and the bristle-holding plaid carrying;the bristles or other brush stock forms the covering plateandisremovably lockedin' i In`the tooth brush shown in the drawings, thehandle A is provided at its Jforward end with a head B havin a recesstherein to receive the bristle-hol ino' plate C, the said head B beingalso provi4 edwith a rabbet B- against which the sides of thebristle-holding plate C rest when in place. The outer position on thehandled head of the brush.

end of the head .B is provided with aftlange E to support the outer endof th@A bristleholding plate C. The rear end of the bristongue Cf'resting on the under side ofzthe head B at the neck BZthereof, and which65,. i tie-holding vplate C is in the form of a neck joins the handleA'. The tongue C2 is adapted to be engaged by a ring F, slidably held onthe neck B2 to clamp the tongue C2 in position on the neck B2 of theheadB; In order to hol'dthe ring F against acci,- dental displacement onIthe neck B2 and the tongue C2, the latter is provided with a re-` cessC8. adapted to be engaged by said ring F so as to securely clamp thetongue in position. 0n sliding the ring F rearwardly it disengages thetongue "C2, thusunlocking -the latter and allowing theauser toremovethebristle holder from the head B whenever it isdesired to replacethe worn out bristle holder by a new one or to permit of disassemblingthe parts to allow of cleaning the saine with a View to keep the brush.The

at all times in sanitry condition. Flange 'E forms an integral part ofthe outer end of the head B, and is preferably half round, and the outerend C of the bristleholdirwa plate C is correspondingly shaped, so thai;the saidl end snugly fits onto the flange and is supported thereby, andwhen the ring F is slipped over the tongue gC'z, the bristle-holdingplate is securely fastened in position on vthe head. v

The brush shown and described is very simple in construction andcomposed Ofcommentioned..

Having thus describedfmy invention, I

' parativelyfew parte, which can be readily Y' assembled anddisassembled for the purposes A brush, comprising` a handle'having'anlintegral headV providedwith a recess and vided at the orwardend with anintegral angega bristle-holding plate seated ,on the .105' with arabbet, the said head being also pr@ -A said rabbet and having itsforwarf ing on thev said ange, the fear end of the ,of two subscribingwitnesses.

said plate terminating in a tongue, and a x ring held on the neck of thesaid head and ,BRAHAM LIMOLN HOLTLMM' adapted to engage the sind tongueand Witnesses: clamp thesame against the neck. TiuEo. G. HosTER,

Inv testimony whereof I have signed 'my v, PHILIP D. RoLLIrAUs.

end restl name to this speefcnton in the presence

